The Big Show (1936)
ActionDramaMusicRomanceWestern
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.
Director: Mack V. Wright
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Gene Autry as Gene Autry/Tom Ford |
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Smiley Burnette as Frog |
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Kay Hughes as Marion Hill |
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Sally Payne as Toodles Brown |
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William Newell as Lee Wilson |
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Max Terhune as Ventriloquist |
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Elmer as Ventriloquist's Dummy |
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Charles Judels as Swartz - Studio Head |
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Champion as Champion - Studio Horse |
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Rex King as Fred Collins |
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Mary Russell as Mary |
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Bob Nolan as Sons of the Pioneers member |
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Roy Rogers as Sons of the Pioneers member |
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Tim Spencer as Sons of the Pioneers member |
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Karl Farr as Sons of the Pioneers member |
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Hugh Farr as Sons of the Pioneers member |
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Jimmy Springs as The Jones Boys member |
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William Bartley as The Jones Boys member |
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Herman Wood as The Jones Boys member |
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Louis Wood as The Jones Boys member |
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Elton Britt as The Beverly Hill Billies member |
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Aleth Hansen as The Beverly Hill Billies member |
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Rudy Sooter as The Beverly Hill Billies member |
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W. Lee O'Daniel as Light Crust Doughboys member |
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Smokey Montgomery as Light Crust Doughboys member |
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Herman Arnspiger as Light Crust Doughboys member |
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Harry Worth as Tony Rico |
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Christine Maple as Elizabeth Van Every - Ford's Fiancee |
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Jerry Larkin as Henchman Blackie |
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Jack O'Shea as Henchman Joe |
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Wedgwood Nowell as Movie Director |
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Antrim Short as Studio Assistant |
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June Johnson as Studio Secretary |
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Grace Durkin as Studio Girl |
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Sally Rand as State Fair Performer |
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Leonard Pack as Texas Ranger Captain Leonard Pack |
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Jack Rockwell as Studio Actor |
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Richard Beach as Studio Assistant |
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Morgan Brown as Studio Make-Up Man |
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Horace B. Carpenter as Studio Gateman |
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Art Davis as Studio Cowboy |
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Edward Hearn as Studio Man |
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Jack Ingram as Studio Cameraman |
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N.E. Hendrix as Studio Carpenter |
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Jeanne Lafayette as Studio Actress |
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Cornelius Keefe as Studio Actor |
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Helen Servis as Studio Actress |
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Martin Stevenson as Studio Actor |
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Tex Wilson as Studio Worker |
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Frances Morris as Studio Script Girl |
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Art Mix as Studio Stunt Double |
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Southern Methodist University Marching Band as Southern Methodist University Marching Band |
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Yakima Canutt as Driver of Cattle Truck |
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Slim Whitaker as Henchman |
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Tracy Layne as Henchman |
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George Chesebro as Henchman |
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Frankie Marvin as Movie Lot Cowboy |
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Ezra Paulette as The Beverly Hill Billies member |
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Dick Reinhart as The Beverly Hill Billies member |
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Lem Giles as The Beverly Hill Billies member |
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Eddie Juaregui as State Fair Pagent Cowboy |
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Bill Yrigoyen as State Fair Pagent Cowboy |
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Joe Yrigoyen as State Fair Pagent Cowboy |
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Helen Huntington as Dowager |
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Sam Costa as Mary's Truck Driver |
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I. Stanford Jolley as Parade Spectator |
| Directing | Mack V. Wright | Director |
| Writing | Dorrell McGowan | Writer |
| Writing | Stuart E. McGowan | Writer |
| Camera | Edgar Lyons | Director of Photography |
| Camera | William Nobles | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Arthur Kay | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hugo Riesenfeld | Original Music Composer |
